Another anime jumping on the currently popular witch trend
>>287472071most likely adapted by a slop studio
RIP good threads. The animeonly newfags and shounenshitters will be insufferable
Have they actually explained why the continent they hailed from didn't have any knowledge about magic and no magical phenomena in the first place?
>>287472071But why
>>287472071YES YES YES>>287472172It says Eight Bit. Is that good or bad?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Bit_(studio)I've only watched IS and Evol from over a decade ago, but those were animated well (albeit CG-mecha-heavy). Never watched Mahouka or Slime Tensei, although both are/were pretty popular.>Hayamin as SiashaYESThe designs don't seem to be emulating the manga art style, unfortunately. Need a frontal shot of Siasha to judge further.
>>287472071holy shit thats maybe too early? also why does he look weird.
>>287472071>>287472172https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma6twUC12Towow it looks kinda bad
>>287472679it looks terrible. what a waste.
those character design look bad, the budget went to hayami saori
>>287472071https://www.anime-witch-mercenary-official.comPV:https://youtu.be/Ma6twUC12ToAudio drama:https://youtu.be/K8Y_vY0aR6MI still like the manga artstyle more, but this looks... serviceable. Zig might take more getting-used-to, ironically. The voices are perfect though.
>>287472679>>287472722Dios mio...
>>287472172What a fucking waste, this could have been the next big thing
lol who care adaptions can suck my dick mango 4 life
>>287472924The manga is already an adaptation. The anime got greenlit before the manga started and was supposed to come this year.
>>287472071Nice. The manga is entertaining for the most part, though it suffers a bit from the mc being hypercompetent, while everyone else lacks higher brain functions, when he's around.
>>287473007Dayum. The reactions ITT remind me of when the Maoyuu anime chose to adapt from the LN designs rather than the manga ones.
>>287472621That's the Slime studio and people love that shit
>>287473160Beast Tamer did that, although it's easy to understand why given that the charger designs in the LN have a ton of frills that would have been needlessly difficult to animate in a low-budget, single cour isekai. Also every version of it sucks ass so it's not like it matters. But the dragon bitch was REALLY hot in the LNs.
witch and beast anime when?
>>287472071Isn't the witch in this a psycho?
>>287472071The dude looks like he'd be completely submissive to the witch
>>287472679>>287472722it's backwater sword saint and mobkara all over againI'll still watch it
>>287472071I like the manga, I hope this adaption doesn't fuck everything up
>>287472071meh another witchslop
>>287472829>this could have been the next big thingLmao don't kid yourself, I read a good chunk of it and it's not very good. Not a bad read, but not good either. Suffers from being written by someone who has very little life experience.
>>287472071good time to have a witch fetish
>>287473557Sort of just a bit more crazy than a normal woman. But a cute, very much a cute 2D. And also a acts like a yandere girlfriend.
>>287472722she cute
>>287476321Looks prettier in the manga.
>>287472826I haven't taken a look at the PV since I'm at work, but what's wrong with this frame? Looks normal to me
>>287472826I haven't taken a look at the PV since I'm at work, but what's wrong with this frame? Looks normal to me. Cuter than she is in picrel here >>287472722
>>287472332>explainedIt's the setting dingus.And they did have 'magic' in form of witches.
>>287472071I'll never get over how the weird little bait and switch they do between the initial premise and where it goes immediately afterward. I wonder if it'll be even more jarring in anime form.
>>287472722>>287472621Zig's hair needs a rework, and the animation looks really cheap, but fingers crossed it's just very early work.
>>287472071One of the very few actually readable isekai sloppa. Sucks that witch gets written out of the story all the time so that temu guts can look cool soloing jobbers.
>>287478351So we don't get romantic moments between the mercenary and the witch? I was expecting some kind of battler and Beatrice
>>287478610There are little moments sort of but Zig is just as dense and autistic as any other MC.
>>287477564>>287477583It's not terrible per se, but the eyes look smallish in the continuously oval head (kinda like Frieren's style), and it's a zooming shot into the face as her hair blows around, emphasizing the head shape underneath, all while she has that intense stare. You get kind of a jumpscare effect with a visceral NOT MUH SIASHA if you were used to the cute manga style.
Is this the Tinasha of our generation?
>>287478610You do get lots of romance teasing. Witch is dere as fuck with Zig since he changed her life, and his professional protectiveness of her sometimes feels like he's getting more attached than he realizes.
They shouldn't have gotten on the boat.
>>287478965Both cute witchus with long, black hair. >>287479076Here dere is adorable and sometimes she's surprisingly agressive with him, but in a very innocent way. And yes, the moments where he's surprised because he catches himself being extra involved with her, or surprisingly effected by something she does, are nice.
Manga or ln
Hogwash
>>287478965>Girl lead's name is Siasha>Rhymes with Tinasha>Both WitchesGOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
>>287481053Enjoy your hair brushing. We still need some lap sitting though.
>>287478965hopefully not. that adaptation was a pointless speedrun
Remember to dangle your witchfu when she gets over-excited, it calms them down.
Is there romance?
>>287483170Do you consider basically one way yandere romance to be romance? MC is basically asexual (at least for what it'll cover and the next season if there is ever one, haven't read past it).
>>287477775>start off as an interesting vagabond story>immediately transition to a native isekai where magic is common, no one cares about witches, and everyone's an adventurer At least Zig is still a mercenary. I thought he was going to become an adventurer too.
>>287483793That would defeat the point of the title if he was an adventurer (and no one would give a shit about this series). The guild/adventurer shit alone made me want to drop the series in the first place (especially with the amount of autists within the guild).
>>287472071I will only watch episodes with Isana.
Just read all 66 chapters, I'd say It's above average. The setting is a bit weak, the art looks like your generic isekai, the characters are okay even if not really original, the story is entertaining enough to not be boring even if it lacks direction circling around the mafias. Wish there were more stakes but that may came in upcoming chapters they did hint at the origin of witches and them potentially hiding within human mages society. But as it is now it's not enough to really praise.It's Guts Berserk befriending Emilia Re:Zero, going on a journey to the Dark Continent HxH that has generic Isekai adventure guilds and Fantasy Yakuzas.
I thought I read witch from mercury and my body went into fight or flight mode
>>287472071I saw 'Witch' and 'Merc-' so thought this was something else for a second...>>287484801same
Why won't they adapt the good stuff, are they afraid to fuck it up. Low efforts adaptations are not worth it when the manga are already excellent.
>>287484961Why would you wish for a shitty anime adaptation? Only normalfags wish for trash like this because they can't be bothered turning pages apparently so they'd rather have shittier art with random ugly cg and slower pacing because it's easier for them to consume the product when it's visual slop.
>>287485136It's normal to want to see an animated form of a series you've enjoyed reading for years. It's a marker of success
>>287483793It makes me wonder if he came in with the original premise and the editors immediately bullied him into making it super generic high fantasy or if he wanted to do the generic high fantasy all along and he pulled a bait and switch on the editors. Either way it's a shame because the main characters have a nice dynamic, but it feels kinda wasted on adventurer guild autism. Not that it's the worst adventure guild autism I've read by a long shot, but still.
If its not isekai I'll check it out.
>>287473359>he haven't seen the original witch and the beast mercenary anime
>>287485227Biscuit Hammer's adaptation was worse than getting no adaptation. It's like when Queen Bee adapts an h-manga you liked. Getting nothing is better than getting a butchery.
>>287485427Biscuit Hammer, Helck, Ubel Blatt all fell to the curse of adapting a complete manga years late. These are on going so they should be safe
>>287472679it was supposed to come out this year but got delayed, yikes
>>287472071Another fantasy series adaptation? Cool.If we're talking about fantasy series, I'm still salty we only got the first two books of The Beast Player adapted into anime and not the rest. Same for Moribito. Why can't fantasy series get good adaptations? I wonder when The Dragon's Daughter will get an anime adaptation we already got one for Yatagarasu.
>>287484801>>287484851This is going to happen a lot, huh.
>>287484961>half naked girl>loliyeah, not suited for modern audience
Anime never. If I ever get enough anime to fund an anime, it'd be this.
It sucks that that the comfy manga dump threads will be full of faggots almost from now on it certainly when it airs.>>287488493That's a murderhobo
>>287485346It always felt like he wanted to do 'not!Guts gets isekai'd to JRPG Wizardry land' coz the early chapters are kinda tacked-on in hindsight.
i like to self insert as zig
it's nice to read a strong male character who isn't an edgelord.
>>287489101>tacked on throwaway set up is more compelling than the actual storyMany such cases
>>287472071Looks good, will be watching.
>>287472071Is this the series where the guy gets annoyed with this girl one girl harassing him at the guild so he slips a laxative into her drink
>>287491804Yes.
>>287491804He does it the first time they meet because he thinks she's trying to use magic on him
>>287491804It's funny but holy asspull that came out of nowhere
>>287490571With his origins, it's a miracle he didn't turn out that way.
>>287492118Edgelords don't last long in difficult situations, far too easy for them to bite more than they could chew.
>>287473557A witch is fundamentally a different creature from a human so she finds it hard to empathize with humans.
>>287491945Her ass was certainly pulled to the nearest latrine.
>>287480489Please reply
>>287493410The official TL of the LN has content past the manga, 2 volumes ahead i think.
What's the point of physical reinforcement magic if some guy with no mana can surpass it by regularly working out?
>>287493487those people depend on magic too much
>>287492905Not really, they seem physically and temperamentally human other than having stronger magic and longer lifespan. Siasha's totally easy to get along with if you aren't an asshole.>>287493487He's using the mantis-shrimp punch gloves there.
>>287493410I really like the manga's art, so I'd recommend that. Still need to check out the LN myself sometime.
>>287493487To show that everyone on that side if the world relies on magic too much. It's been a while since I read it so I might be remembering wrong but I think that's why Isana starts working out without using magic.
>>287472071So when le Cervan get its anime?
>>287493487>physicality & skillWhen it comes to this Zig is clearly genetically gifted. Additionally, from an early age, he had a life that has built him towards it, and on top of both of those things he purposefully for them. He's got all the three major aspects, other might have one or two of these. Kind of like how modern elite athletes compete at a level where you need to be gifted with both natural talent, genetic potential and also be exceptionally trained>>287493757Isana a cute.
>>287493712>Siasha's totally easy to get along with if you aren't an asshole.Yeah, but that's because she wants to get along with people and wants to integrate. She doesn't really feel an internal inhibition to causing harm or murder like a normal human would which is why she has to make an active effort not to kill people over an annoyance.
>>287494340*purposefully trains
>>287494345I think she isn't any worse than a human with her life would be. It's not that the witch brain is naturally more murder-prone, it's that they've had to live outside the law their whole lives and routinely kill to survive.
Gave this a read because of the announcement and realized I had read a few chapters a long time ago.Agreed the tone shift is weird and there's some clear lack of direction at the start of the series. The mentor appearing and disappearing that abruptly felt like the author was fully dedicating himself to isekai vibes rather than the grimdark ones the manga starts with.Also the art quality has a pretty big slip in the last third of the released chapters.
>>287472722I know nothing about this but she's sexy
>>287496034I think the biggest art problem is Zig himself. He's built like a space marine but mid-fight panels he spontaneously loses a shitton of mass and often looks like a different character altogether.
>>287493487powered by 2scoops and leaving humanity behindthe slopfactor of this is ramping up, author is losing control of his setting and power level bullshit is starting to take hold
>>287496071Agreed. You can tell the artist isn't at their best drawing big fight scenes. They're the weakest part of the art and I hope they're getting some sort of help to improve on/integrate them better with their drawing style.
>>287496212The big fights are actually one of my favorite parts of the art. It's picked a comfy level of choreography where you can follow what's going on, spot how the mobs are trying to maneuver before they're shut down, and have nifty blow-by-blow exchanges without feeling like a drag on pacing.
>>287495172>It's not that the witch brain is naturally more murder-proneI mean everything we know so far kinda points towards that. >witches are universally hated to the point there's execution squads the moment their presence is known>Sasha feels nothing over killing or hurting humans>She's very quick to resort to violence>She's excited over being targeted by a serial killer Even the "good-natured" witch we're seeing causes terror and destruction on a whim and thinks nothing of it so it's easy to imagine what drove humans to risk attacking them on sight just to get rid of them asap.
>>287496864Siasha's whole reputation as a witch was that she only killed in self-defense, and yet retards still kept going after her. I wouldn't assume humans necessarily had a good reason for what they do.
>>287497632>I wouldn't assume humans necessarily had a good reason for what they do.Understandable position to take in our modern world where stereotypes are taught to be malicious rumors that come from nowhere rather than collective pattern recognition.
>>287472071Zig kind of gives off a Geralt of Rivia vibe..
>>287497786Real-life humans were scared of witches that literally don't exist.
>>287497850Yeah that's actually not too far off.
>>287497932Those fears also came from collective pattern recognition. Misguided in that case but essential for survival and functioning societies in many many other cases. Like Xenophobia which is a protection against harmful foreign influence. Given that we know that witches are incredibly dangerous in universe it's more likely to be one of the cases in which the pattern recognition came to the correct conclusion.
>>287497632>I wouldn't assume humans necessarily had a good reason for what they do.I really hate this mindset and cannot wait for its mouthpieces to die out.
>>287497932People who call themselves witches and kidnap children to drain their blood for occult rituals do exist and that is 99% of the people who were burned at the stake for witchcraft. There's records of this.
I hope he sticks with the staff and doesn't go back to retarded double ended swords. Or gets a pollaxe or anything other that gay and specifically chuuni fantasy weapons
>>287497850>falls in love with meme Dark Souls 2 sword>makes a manga where Geralt uses itkinda based
>>287496864>She's excited over being targeted by a serial killerWasn't she letting off steam because the guild had been blocking her from ranking up and/or some party was taking all the posted jobs she wanted several days in a row?
>>287498079I mean, humans are never beating the allegations at this rate.>>287498113>"Experience daily proves how loath they are to confess without torture."
>>287498452>and/or some party was taking all the posted jobs she wanted several days in a row?That was a different arc, no? She let off steam there by punching them and ripping a house in two.The serial killer thing was her just wandering around at night and then she got upset because he ran.
>>287498541Ah true I jumbled the two up.
Kinda weird how everyone goes on about how Zig is the king of all fighters but nobody ever talks about Seisha's magic (besides some very recent comments about how she manually casts). Guess she isn't all that special in terms of output, but also is at the same time?
>>287494340>Isana a cuteShe really is
>>287472071nice, beefy big swords are always welcome. pity some series with 'em are slow on updates (berserk) and some even got axed (broke mercenary)
>>287498913when I saw her for the first time I thought she was Flare
>>287498785I chalk it up to the fact that the manga is all about sucking off temu guts. He never once got bailed out or saved. He always outsmarts and/or outfights everyone. Watch is secretly OP so she's simultaneously a worthy simping target for gary sue mc and not stealing his thunder.
Elicia my beloved
>>287499447>gary sue mcThat's pretty harsh when the most recent chapters show him fighting good guys and taking a lot of damage
>>287499447He's a veteran mercenary, it'd be strange if he wasn't outclassing everyone else.
>>287499479Hopefully, scatfags won't flock to her after the laxative incident.
>>287499782Yea, it's not unreasonable that a battle-hardened battlefield veteran can excel at smashing up "kids" who only fight monsters. There is a a fair amount of MC power, but it's not as bad as the typical overpowered teenager in shonen.
>>287498785They just assume she's a really gifted human. The guild girls have mentioned a few times that their ranking system isn't set up to promote her as fast as her powerlevel deserves.
>>287498785The weird thing is that they don't perceive her as a witch, while from zig's perspective she basically feels like a human shaped monster, even if she's cute.
